Sleeping Man

Our routine evening at the Odeon Theater in Florence, turned out to be the world premiere of Spike Lee’s movie “Miracle at Santa Anna.” Spike was there along with all of the cast members. Quite an event!

A few days later, we went to the small town of Santa Anna, where the Nazi massacre had taken place. A local museum housed artifacts that chronicled the German invasion. It was a very moving experience.

The image of a “Sleeping Man” was referenced in the movie, and we were curious. So we went to the nearby town of Colognora, the intact medieval village where most of the movie was actually filmed. There, we encounterd a sweet elderly lady, who spoke only Italian, but told us the legend and where to find the mountain.

We made the hour-long drive to a small town called San Antonio d’Alpe. At dusk, we walked the trail from the end of town, to a clearing where we could see the silhouette on the mountain’s crest. There he lay, still peacefully, resting—The “sleeping man.”